Book distribution report by Anita dasi
In the blazing sun, fasting and calling out the holy name. Some of the yogis doing tapasya? No, us being stupid keeping our book table open too long in the sun on Ekadasi. But every time we tried to close up shop more and more people stopped by. Now it is the weekend, just four days to the last royal bath of this Kumba Mela. Overflowing does not accurately describe the city. In the morning we set up a book table on the hill leading to the main ghat. The book table was a nice chance to sell bigger books that are hard to carry around normally.
We are also finding some people come and see us day after day. For example, two nice guys from Chandigar we see nearly everyday. Each day they take one or two books, and come with their questions. Then we recommend new books for them to take. Yesterday one of them came to the matha and Caru Chandrika didi spent some time answering his questions and beautifully explaining the basics of Krsna Consciousness. He came with us when we went out in the evening to distribute books. He pulled the trolley of books for us, and helped Taruni distribute books by translating. At the end of the night he said, “I will always remember this day.”
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